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Ancient peoples in South America had both Denisovan and Neanderthal DNA -- and we have no clue how it 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 11 1108
Two Elko Residents Sentenced To Prison For Graffiti At Sacred White River Narrows Petroglyph Site 14 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 20 1543
Archaeologists discover nearly 3,000-year-old rock carvings in ancient city in Iraq 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 9 683
ANCIENT WATER SYSTEM UNCOVERED AT ROMAN STABIAE 1 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 2 593
100 years after Tutankhamun discovery new finds reveal more of ancient Egypt's secrets 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 24 1372
Human exceptionalism imposes horrible costs on other animals 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 2 564
Anthropologists Find New Ways Female Bones Are Permanently Altered After Giving Birth 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 12 811
The Woman Who Saved Native Song 0 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 7 573
Rare medieval script discovered on stone carved by Scotland's 'Painted People' 3 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 17 1131
Prehistoric DNA Reveals Two Groups Migrated to the U.K. After the Last Ice Age 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 32 1366
Analysis and Interpretation of a Unique Arabic Finger Ring from the Viking Age Town of Birka, Sweden 3 sl8 Oct 2022 Nov 2022 7 1211
Russian asylum seekers who took a boat to Alaska are Indigenous Siberians. 6 elleng Oct 2022 Oct 2022 12 1050
Neanderthal family life revealed by ancient DNA from Siberian cave 7 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 15 1161
This Interactive Map Shows Which Indigenous Lands You Live On 28 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 39 3716
Drone photos reveal an early Mesopotamian city made of marsh islands 3 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 19 1515
Norwich timber henge burnt in Neolithic winter solstice excavated 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 8 839
Neanderthals and modern humans may have copied each other's tools 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 6 1010
Superhighway of ancient human and animal footprints in England provides an 'amazing snapshot of the 1 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 19 1245
Neanderthal DNA might be linked to smoking, drinking, sleeping patterns in modern humans: study 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 10 1047
'Rare' Roman mosaic found in Rastan, Syria 9 Wicked Blue Oct 2022 Oct 2022 9 1158
Ancient Amazonians, unknown until recently, built towering mounds and reshaped the landscape 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 10 1452
What Do Stonehenge and Japanese Stone Circles Have in Common? 11 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 14 1316
Artificial Islands Around British Isles Were Used by Elites for Ancient Parties to Show Wealth and P 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Oct 2022 4 1334
Viking Women Were Power Weavers Whose Textiles Provided Vital Trade Across Europe, Researchers Say 3 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 13 1151
Study of Buddhist monks suggests celibacy can have surprising evolutionary advantages 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 1365
Beads show European trade in African interior used Indigenous routes 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 655
See the striking facial reconstruction of a Paleolithic woman who lived 31,000 years ago 9 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 44 3945
Artificial islands surrounding British Isles were used for ancient parties, archaeologists find 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 13 810
A second ancient canoe is found in Wisconsin -- this time tracing back to 1000 B.C. 8 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2022 Sep 2022 19 1730
Archaeologists Discovered 7,000-Year-Old Structure Older Than Stonehenge or Pyramids of Giza 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 14 1289

Anthropology Continued...

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What's the world's oldest civilization? 10 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 32 2648
Can we talk about modern Social Anthropology here? 14 Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 1579
Brochs: The mysterious circular symbols of Scotland 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 26 1788
Indigenous Sea Gardens Fed Communities, Preserved Ecosystems 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 8 927
Ritual and Memory: The Ancient Balkans and Beyond 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 9 852
Chinese researchers discover world's earliest synthesized lead white cosmetics 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 982
twitter thread: example of architecture from every single country 5 BootinUp Sep 2022 Sep 2022 6 1036
Human Skin Didn't Always Fear The Sun, Not Until A Huge Change 10,000 Years Ago 6 Warpy Sep 2022 Sep 2022 11 1656
World's Oldest Evidence of Surgical Amputation Lay Hidden For 31,000 Years 0 Warpy Sep 2022 Sep 2022 11 1048
Indigenous Americans ruled democratically long before the U.S. did 5 DBoon Sep 2022 Sep 2022 12 1011
"Ancient Civilizations of North America" free on Amazon Prime until 9/30/22....... 13 Jade Fox Sep 2022 Sep 2022 13 1880
DNA STUDY SHEDS LIGHT ON 'MISSING LINK' IN BIRTH OF INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES 10 elleng Sep 2022 Sep 2022 10 1465
RESEARCHERS DOCUMENT 1,000-YEAR-OLD PAINTINGS EXCAVATED IN SUDAN 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Sep 2022 5 784
Vast paleogenetic study reveals insights on migration, farming and language development 1 elleng Sep 2022 Sep 2022 7 1058
Scientists Amazed to Find 1,400-Year-Old Folding Chair in Woman's Grave 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 15 991
Who were the Vandals, the 'barbarians' who sacked Rome? 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 9 935
Rival teams of male dolphins form the animal world's biggest social networks, long-running study fin 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 12 2334
Study: Vikings were not the first to settle the Faroe Islands 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 5 754
Bodies Found In Medieval Well Probably Victims Of An Anti-Semitic Massacre 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 6 771
Khufu branch of Nile River once flowed close enough to Giza to carry the stones needed to build the 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 7 962
Scythian arrowheads and Bronze Age dwelling uncovered in Ukraine 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 613
The last person who touched this three-bladed arrowhead was a Viking 6 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 17 1221
Centuries-old tools reveal how the Chikasha people fought off conquistadors 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 6 777
Cornwall's ancient village with underground tunnels that nobody can explain 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 13 1055
Oldest human-made structure in the Americas is older than the Egyptian pyramids 6 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 13 1192
Creation of linguistic landscapes using ancient and contemporary Mayan writing 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 7 835
Chief Justice overturns drilling approval at Aboriginal heritage site 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 13 1034
Traces of settlement dating back over 9,000 years discovered in Turkiye 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 7 1025
People Produced Beer in German Stonehenge Over 4,000 Years Ago 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 678
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 8 677

Anthropology Continued...

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Glacier archaeologists find a 1300-year-old arrow in melting ice 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 31 1840
Map may prove 'Welsh Atlantis' rooted in fact, say academics 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 27 1727
'Spanish Stonehenge' dating back 7,000 years emerges as water levels recede 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 24 1701
Urartian chamber tomb, water channel discovered in Trkiye's Van 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 7 759
New discoveries at Orkney's Ness of Brodgar Neolithic site 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 11 644
Archaeologists find ice age footprints of earliest North Americans 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 11 945
The incredible case of the only known individual whose parents were two different species 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 30 1909
'Plaza' in ancient city of Cahokia near today's St. Louis was likely inundated year-round 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 17 1241
Enormous Underground City Uncovered in Turkey 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 15 1134
How Breaking Bad and an Infamous Economist Can Explain the Viking Age 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 5 1149
40,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Cave Chamber Discovered in Gibraltar 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 18 1092
Temple Dedicated to the Sun God Unearthed in Egypt 4 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 8 1049
Historic secrets unearthed by archaeologists before the sea claims them 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 10 930
Horned helmets came from Bronze Age artists, not Vikings 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 12 1011
High-status Danish Vikings wore exotic beaver furs 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 3 969
Archaeologists discover Ice Age human footprints in the Utah desert --may be more than 12,000 years o 1 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 11 1042
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 514
Ancient Maya installed gemstones in their teeth. It wasn't just fashion. 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 6 855
Floors of ancient Greek luxury villa were laid with recycled glass 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 7 699
Archaeologists unearths Unique Tomb of 6th Century BC Egyptian Commander at the archaeological area 0 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 5 773
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